Social Good

Every 9 seconds, a woman is beaten. That fact alone should be enough to get you to set your DVR to tape Sin by Silence when it makes its world broadcast premiere on the Investigation Discovery Channel tonight. This documentary about the survivors of domestic violence who are … [Read more...] about An Open Letter to 11-Year-Old Girl Scout Miriam Mendoza from Olivia Klaus, Director of "Sin By Silence" Airing on TV Tonight

We told you how much we admire Kathryn Finney, founder of The Budget Fashionista, and how thrilled we were to meet her at BlogHer. So you can only imagine how excited we are that she loved our Shop With a Conscience section, and our guest post is being featured on The Budget … [Read more...] about The Budget Fashionista is Featuring Our Post on Shopping With a Conscience!

In the three months since we posted Join Susan in Helping with the Somalia Crisis, 30,000 children have died of starvation. How can that be allowed to happen in the 21st century?? Please re-read Susan’s post, watch the video from One.org below and get … [Read more...] about The F Word: Famine is the Real Obscenity

Last night as I watched the sun set, coloring the sky with soft shades of pink, orange and blue, I felt the crisp breeze of summer’s end.  I smiled, stood up and opened my arms wide to embrace fall – my favorite season! As a child, it was back to school time, which meant new … [Read more...] about A Day of Awe by Brauna Walsh

I firmly believe that female energy has the power to change the world so I was thrilled when my good friend, Elin Stebbins Waldal, told me that today is officially Day of the Girl. Yes, I agree that should be the case every single day but until that happens, let’s take today and … [Read more...] about day of the girl celebrates female power today!

Last Saturday, 22 of Oprah’s Ultimate Viewers participated in the Ultimate Day “O” Service (UDOS) at PAWS Chicago, the Midwest’s largest No-Kill shelter for cats and dogs. It came on the heels of the one-year anniversary of the fateful day that we were in the audience of The … [Read more...] about our chicago ultimate day “o” service by julie lemerond

There are many people who believe that no good comes from television, but this story just may turn that line of thinking upside down. For millions of people all over the world, The Oprah Winfrey Show was much more than a TV show – it was a bridge between cultures, a window into … [Read more...] about our atlanta ultimate day “o” service by priscilla nelson